Performance

Purpose

This committee will monitor data and identify issues pertaining to patient safety and quality in ICUs. The aim is to assist NSW ICUs achieve and maintain a high standard of service delivery.

Responsibilities / Functions

Provide a forum for the systematic analysis and assessment of information regarding the quality of patient care in NSW intensive care units.

Report on state-wide quality and safety indicators to the ICSN Executive Committee.

To serve as the Jurisdictional Liaison Committee for the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Centre for Outcomes, Research and Evaluation (CORE) by regularly reviewing NSW ICU standardised mortality ratios (SMRs).

Promote collection and interpretation of data on quality issues as outlined in the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, NSW Health’s Framework for Managing the Quality of Health Services, and the Clinicians Toolkit; particularly incident monitoring, clinical indicators and clinical audits.

Promote and review organisational audit processes.

Frequency of Meetings

Quarterly

Membership

List of current members can be found below. In their absence, members are encouraged to nominate a delegate and inform both their delegate and ICNSW secretariat well in advance of the meeting.

The aim will be to include:

At least 6 NSW Intensive care clinicians (3 medical and 3 nursing). ICNSW staff and other non-clinicians are included in the Membership as required.

At least one representative from each broad level of ICU i.e. tertiary, metropolitan and rural.

Two Co-Chairs, both of whom will be senior intensive care clinicians with appropriate qualifications.

A medical member of the committee will act as the NSW representative on the ANZICS APD Management Committee.

Correct as at: 16/02/2016

First Name

Surname

Role

Hospital/LHD

Deepak

Bhonagiri

NSW ANZICS CORE representative

Howard

Clare

NUM

Tweed/North

Karena

Conroy

Research

ICNSW/ACI

Ken

Havill

ICU Director

John Hunter

Sean

Kelly

ICNSW Director

ICNSW/ACI

Mark

Kol

ICU Staff Specialist

Concord/Sydney

Craig

McCalman

ICU Director

Lismore/North

Marghie

Murgo

Patient Safety Project Officer (Co-Chair)

CEC

Michael

Parr

ICU Director (Co-Chair)

Liverpool/SWS

Ray

Raper

ICU Director

RNS/NS

Suzanne

Schacht

IC Program Manager

SES

Fiona

Shields

ICU Director

Orange/West

For further information on specific projects that have been undertaken or that are currently in progress please see Research and Quality.